Great trick: have db signal and bars

[Gomez315]

So the closer it's to "0" the better the reception you have?

 

[iParis]

So the closer it's to "0" the better the reception you have?

I don't think it gets that low. More like the closer to 60.

 

[forza69]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but, what's the point of doing this field test mode thing? Does it do something? I've never done it and never looked into it so I'd like to know

 

[Meyvn]

Sorry I just don't like when people do that, regardless I bet people will find use out of this

You don't like when people verify things you believe to be the case? I hope you're not a scientist.

 

[techluvr]

I shall worship you! It worked!

 

[ckeilah]

I shall worship you! It worked!

Ditto!

I had this working since restoring to the ipwn4, but last night the gorram thing just up and HARD-RESET itself, and when it came back it had reset ALL of my settings, and erased the last remnants of my jailbreak, which included the numeric representation of signal strength and battery %.

/Settings/General/Usage/Battery Percentage/ON fixed the latter. Your hack fixed the latter! Woot!

Bars are stupid. You cannot tell if walking 10m left gave you the extra 3dB necessary to make it go, or if 10m right did it. ipwns should come standard with this enabled!

Now, how do I get the same thing for my wi-fi signal? My jailbreak remnants had that enabled too....

PS: I have seen signal as bad as -121, so -113 is not the limit, as someone above suggested.

 

[kuebby]

Thanks, worked for me.
(On iPhone 4, JB'd on 4.3.3, may have been a restore from an older model though, I'm not sure)

 

[pca15]

Love this

Worked a treat on iPhone 4 running iSO 5.0.1

Using the respring trick made the field test option stick for me.

Needed it as installing Cellular equipment and wanted to use iPhone to check signal strength before installing unit incase as need to cable interface to a better location or install hi-gain.

Thanks Dr Kevorkian94 !!

 

[VulchR]

Well, it doesn't seem to work on my 4S with 5.0.1, which is a pity because I got used to interpreting the decibel number on my 3GS. I can get the field test on the 4S, but it doesn't persist. If anybody has an easy way of restoring this, then I for one would like to know...

 

[pauliphone]

I am going to assume this is AT&T only, anyone know of a rogers based version of this feild test app?

Worked for me in the UK on O2 network.

 

[sulpfiction]

Works great on my 4S with 5.0.1.

Thanks for the info!